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Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition

From bbgruff <bbgruff@yahoo.co.uk>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition
Followup-To comp.os.linux.advocacy
Date 2011-06-15 11:21 +0100
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On Wednesday 15 June 2011 05:16 Homer wrote:

> Verily I say unto thee, that DFS spake thusly:
>> On 6/13/2011 7:46 PM, JeffM wrote:
>>>
>>> The cause of Diane's stroke:
>>> A congenital blood vessel defect at the base of her brain stem
>>>
>>> The recommended treatment:
>>> Stents
>>>
>>> The problem:
>>> She has no private medical insurance.
>>>
>>> Let's hear it for the USA and it's 3rd-World health care plan.
>> 
>> You get what you earn in this world, weenie.  Virtually nobody
>> deserves free health care.
> 
> What an evil bastard.
> 
> A woman is critically ill and can't afford proper medical care, and all
> you can do is sneer and brag about your own bulging wallet.
> 
> You better clutch on tight to that wallet DooFy, because I guarantee
> that when the day comes /you/ need help and sympathy, it'll be the only
> friend you have.
> 
> It's a travesty that good people like Ken and Diane have to suffer,
> while monsters like you waste the earth's precious air by breathing.
> They're worth a billion of your kind, DooFuS. All the money in the world
> is not enough to make you a decent human being. I hope you die penniless
> and alone, writhing in agony and crying for help that never comes.

I've cussed the NHS from time time, but can you imagine how this story would 
read if they had been UK residents?  Something like:-
"My wife had a stroke.  After recovering from the immediate effects, she had 
to go back into hospital for an overnight stay so that they could put some 
stents in.  She's now making progress to a complete recovery, helped by all 
the aftercare she's receiving".

In other words, it would have passed almost without comment.

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HeliOS update: Diane's condition JeffM <jeffm_@email.com> - 2011-06-13 16:46 -0700
  Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2011-06-13 23:44 -0400
    Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2011-06-14 17:13 +0100
      Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2011-06-14 14:53 -0400
        Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2011-06-14 22:51 +0100
      Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2011-06-15 05:16 +0100
        Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition SomeBloke <stuff@stuff.com> - 2011-06-15 08:47 +0000
        Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition William Poaster <wp@induh-vidual.net> - 2011-06-15 10:46 +0100
          Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2011-06-15 19:22 +0100
            Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2011-06-15 14:26 -0400
        Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition bbgruff <bbgruff@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-06-15 11:21 +0100
          Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition SomeBloke <stuff@stuff.com> - 2011-06-15 10:49 +0000
            Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition JeffM <jeffm_@email.com> - 2011-06-15 12:43 -0700
              Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2011-06-15 15:04 -0500
                Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition "Rick O'Shea" <rick@invalid.com> - 2011-06-15 16:14 -0400
                Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2011-06-15 17:00 -0400
        Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition An Old Friend <an.old@friend.com.invalid> - 2011-06-15 13:09 +0100
        Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2011-06-15 07:18 -0500
          Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition "Rick O'Shea" <rick@invalid.com> - 2011-06-15 09:23 -0400
        Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2011-06-15 10:26 -0400
          Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition bbgruff <bbgruff@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-06-15 17:14 +0100
            Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition SomeBloke <stuff@stuff.com> - 2011-06-15 16:31 +0000
            Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2011-06-15 13:23 -0400
            Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2011-06-15 22:23 +0100
              Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition William Poaster <wp@induh-vidual.net> - 2011-06-15 23:10 +0100
            Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition Sinister Midget <fardblossom@gmail.com> - 2011-06-15 18:22 -0500
              Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition William Poaster <wp@induh-vidual.net> - 2011-06-16 10:36 +0100
  Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2011-06-14 14:18 +0100

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